Tom Dale
Sisi's Presidency Is Inevitable, but Egypt’s Future Remains Uncertain
When Sisi wins, he will face a broken economy, an out-of-control security sector, and impatient countrymen eager for solutions.
Egypt's Mass Death Sentence Threatens to Provoke More Violence
The grotesque sentence will likely do nothing but harden the polarization between Brotherhood supporters and backers of the government.
Will Egypt's Mass Death Sentence of 529 Muslim Brotherhood Members Provoke More Violence?
If Mohammed Badie is sentenced to death—and even if that sentence is ultimately commuted—it's likely that the response from Brotherhood members won't be nearly as restrained as it has been in the past.
Egyptian and Eritrean Officials Accused of Profiting Off Torture
An estimated $600 million in ransom has been paid to traffickers, who have abducted nearly 25,000 in Sudan or Eritrea since 2010.
Are Eritrean and Egyptian Officials Profiting from Torture?
According to trafficking victims and human rights groups, yes.
Why Are Journalists Being Imprisoned in Egypt?
The interim government is clamping down on its critics, which means imprisoning journalists from Al Jazeera and other media outlets. Increasingly, the only permitted speech is that which praises the authorities.
Controlling Egypt’s Narrative, Controlling Egypt’s Streets
In a region as volatile as Egypt, control of the media can mean running the country's politics.
Growing Opium Is All the Sinai Bedouins Have Left
The Egyptian revolution wrecked the local economy, and is forcing farmers into the drug trade. That's turning the Sinai into a breeding ground for new addicts, thereby growing demand in a vicious cycle of desperation.
A Divided Egypt Battles with Fireworks, Rocks, and Guns
The young man's face was covered in a flag made to serve as a bloody, makeshift shroud. His unconscious head bounced with the jog of the men who carried him. He was among hundreds hurt in Cairo on Friday, when tens of thousands of supporters of former...
Egypt Had Their Biggest Demonstration Since the Revolution
I went along to speak to Morsi's supporters and all the people who want him out of office.